Quotes

My Sister in law, Elise, asked me yesterday to send her my four favorite quotes.  As Christmas is just around the corner, I resist the urge to ask why.  So I took out the green notebook where I keep them, because although I know what they are I wanted to make sure I got them right.  I have had this notebook for years, probably close to twenty years now that I think of it.  It is filled with bits of wisdom that I come across from time to time.  Every now and then I will just sit and re-read them.

I thought I would share my four favorite with you. 


I'm not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my own ship.
~Louisa May Alcott

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches on the soul and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.
~Emily Dickenson

When you get in a tight place, and everything goes against you, til it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then- for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
~Harriet Beecher Stowe

Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
~Hellen Keller

There are many others that I like, but these are, and always have been my top four.  I'm sure that they are by women is no coincidence, although many of my favorites are also by men.  I am inspired in some way by each of these women.  So today I'll ask a question.  What is your favorite quote?